20 And unto Joseph H3130 in the land H776 of Egypt H4714 were born H3205 Manasseh H4519 and Ephraim, H669 which Asenath H621 the daughter H1323 of Potipherah H6319 priest H3548 of On H204 bare H3205 unto him.
And unto Joseph H3130 were born H3205 two H8147 sons H1121 before the years H8141 of famine H7458 came, H935 which Asenath H621 the daughter H1323 of Potipherah H6319 priest H3548 of On H204 bare H3205 unto him. And Joseph H3130 called H7121 the name H8034 of the firstborn H1060 Manasseh: H4519 For God, H430 said he, hath made me forget H5382 all my toil, H5999 and all my father's H1 house. H1004 And the name H8034 of the second H8145 called H7121 he Ephraim: H669 For God H430 hath caused me to be fruitful H6509 in the land H776 of my affliction. H6040
And Pharaoh H6547 called H7121 Joseph's H3130 name H8034 Zaphnathpaaneah; H6847 and he gave H5414 him to wife H802 Asenath H621 the daughter H1323 of Potipherah H6319 priest H3548 of On. H204 And Joseph H3130 went out H3318 over all the land H776 of Egypt. H4714
And said H559 unto me, Behold, I will make thee fruitful, H6509 and multiply H7235 thee, and I will make H5414 of thee a multitude H6951 of people; H5971 and will give H5414 this land H776 to thy seed H2233 after thee H310 for an everlasting H5769 possession. H272 And now thy two H8147 sons, H1121 Ephraim H669 and Manasseh, H4519 which were born H3205 unto thee in the land H776 of Egypt H4714 before H5704 I came H935 unto thee into Egypt, H4714 are mine; as Reuben H7205 and Simeon, H8095 they shall be mine.
And Joseph H3130 took H3947 them both, H8147 Ephraim H669 in his right hand H3225 toward Israel's H3478 left hand, H8040 and Manasseh H4519 in his left hand H8040 toward Israel's H3478 right hand, H3225 and brought them near H5066 unto him. And Israel H3478 stretched out H7971 his right hand, H3225 and laid H7896 it upon Ephraim's H669 head, H7218 who was the younger, H6810 and his left hand H8040 upon Manasseh's H4519 head, H7218 guiding H7919 his hands H3027 wittingly; H7919 for Manasseh H4519 was the firstborn. H1060
And he blessed H1288 them that day, H3117 saying, H559 In thee shall Israel H3478 bless, H1288 saying, H559 God H430 make H7760 thee as Ephraim H669 and as Manasseh: H4519 and he set H7760 Ephraim H669 before H6440 Manasseh. H4519
Of the children H1121 of Joseph, H3130 namely, of the children H1121 of Ephraim, H669 by their generations, H8435 after their families, H4940 by the house H1004 of their fathers, H1 according to the number H4557 of the names, H8034 from twenty H6242 years H8141 old H1121 and upward, H4605 all that were able to go forth H3318 to war; H6635 Those that were numbered H6485 of them, even of the tribe H4294 of Ephraim, H669 were forty H705 thousand H505 and five H2568 hundred. H3967 Of the children H1121 of Manasseh, H4519 by their generations, H8435 after their families, H4940 by the house H1004 of their fathers, H1 according to the number H4557 of the names, H8034 from twenty H6242 years H8141 old H1121 and upward, H4605 all that were able to go forth H3318 to war; H6635 Those that were numbered H6485 of them, even of the tribe H4294 of Manasseh, H4519 were thirty H7970 and two H8147 thousand H505 and two hundred. H3967
The sons H1121 of Joseph H3130 after their families H4940 were Manasseh H4519 and Ephraim. H669 Of the sons H1121 of Manasseh: H4519 of Machir, H4353 the family H4940 of the Machirites: H4354 and Machir H4353 begat H3205 Gilead: H1568 of Gilead H1568 come the family H4940 of the Gileadites. H1569 These are the sons H1121 of Gilead: H1568 of Jeezer, H372 the family H4940 of the Jeezerites: H373 of Helek, H2507 the family H4940 of the Helekites: H2516 And of Asriel, H844 the family H4940 of the Asrielites: H845 and of Shechem, H7928 the family H4940 of the Shechemites: H7930 And of Shemida, H8061 the family H4940 of the Shemidaites: H8062 and of Hepher, H2660 the family H4940 of the Hepherites. H2662 And Zelophehad H6765 the son H1121 of Hepher H2660 had no sons, H1121 but daughters: H1323 and the names H8034 of the daughters H1323 of Zelophehad H6765 were Mahlah, H4244 and Noah, H5270 Hoglah, H2295 Milcah, H4435 and Tirzah. H8656 These are the families H4940 of Manasseh, H4519 and those that were numbered H6485 of them, fifty H2572 and two H8147 thousand H505 and seven H7651 hundred. H3967 These are the sons H1121 of Ephraim H669 after their families: H4940 of Shuthelah, H7803 the family H4940 of the Shuthalhites: H8364 of Becher, H1071 the family H4940 of the Bachrites: H1076 of Tahan, H8465 the family H4940 of the Tahanites. H8470 And these are the sons H1121 of Shuthelah: H7803 of Eran, H6197 the family H4940 of the Eranites. H6198 These are the families H4940 of the sons H1121 of Ephraim H669 according to those that were numbered H6485 of them, thirty H7970 and two H8147 thousand H505 and five H2568 hundred. H3967 These are the sons H1121 of Joseph H3130 after their families. H4940
And of Joseph H3130 he said, H559 Blessed H1288 of the LORD H3068 be his land, H776 for the precious things H4022 of heaven, H8064 for the dew, H2919 and for the deep H8415 that coucheth beneath, H7257 And for the precious H4022 fruits H8393 brought forth by the sun, H8121 and for the precious things H4022 put forth H1645 by the moon, H3391 And for the chief things H7218 of the ancient H6924 mountains, H2042 and for the precious things H4022 of the lasting H5769 hills, H1389 And for the precious things H4022 of the earth H776 and fulness H4393 thereof, and for the good will H7522 of him that dwelt H7931 in the bush: H5572 let the blessing come H935 upon the head H7218 of Joseph, H3130 and upon the top of the head H6936 of him that was separated H5139 from his brethren. H251 His glory H1926 is like the firstling H1060 of his bullock, H7794 and his horns H7161 are like the horns H7161 of unicorns: H7214 with them he shall push H5055 the people H5971 together H3162 to the ends H657 of the earth: H776 and they are the ten thousands H7233 of Ephraim, H669 and they are the thousands H505 of Manasseh. H4519
And the children H1121 of the half H2677 tribe H7626 of Manasseh H4519 dwelt H3427 in the land: H776 they increased H7235 from Bashan H1316 unto Baalhermon H1179 and Senir, H8149 and unto mount H2022 Hermon. H2768 And these were the heads H7218 of the house H1004 of their fathers, H1 even Epher, H6081 and Ishi, H3469 and Eliel, H447 and Azriel, H5837 and Jeremiah, H3414 and Hodaviah, H1938 and Jahdiel, H3164 mighty H1368 men H582 of valour, H2428 famous H8034 men, H582 and heads H7218 of the house H1004 of their fathers. H1 And they transgressed H4603 against the God H430 of their fathers, H1 and went a whoring H2181 after H310 the gods H430 of the people H5971 of the land, H776 whom God H430 destroyed H8045 before H6440 them. And the God H430 of Israel H3478 stirred up H5782 the spirit H7307 of Pul H6322 king H4428 of Assyria, H804 and the spirit H7307 of Tilgathpilneser H8407 king H4428 of Assyria, H804 and he carried them away, H1540 even the Reubenites, H7206 and the Gadites, H1425 and the half H2677 tribe H7626 of Manasseh, H4519 and brought H935 them unto Halah, H2477 and Habor, H2249 and Hara, H2024 and to the river H5104 Gozan, H1470 unto this day. H3117
The sons H1121 of Manasseh; H4519 Ashriel, H844 whom she bare: H3205 (but his concubine H6370 the Aramitess H761 bare H3205 Machir H4353 the father H1 of Gilead: H1568 And Machir H4353 took H3947 to wife H802 the sister of Huppim H2650 and Shuppim, H8206 whose sister's H269 name H8034 was Maachah;) H4601 and the name H8034 of the second H8145 was Zelophehad: H6765 and Zelophehad H6765 had daughters. H1323 And Maachah H4601 the wife H802 of Machir H4353 bare H3205 a son, H1121 and she called H7121 his name H8034 Peresh; H6570 and the name H8034 of his brother H251 was Sheresh; H8329 and his sons H1121 were Ulam H198 and Rakem. H7552 And the sons H1121 of Ulam; H198 Bedan. H917 These were the sons H1121 of Gilead, H1568 the son H1121 of Machir, H4353 the son H1121 of Manasseh. H4519 And his sister H269 Hammoleketh H4447 bare H3205 Ishod, H379 and Abiezer, H44 and Mahalah. H4244 And the sons H1121 of Shemida H8061 were, Ahian, H291 and Shechem, H7928 and Likhi, H3949 and Aniam. H593 And the sons H1121 of Ephraim; H669 Shuthelah, H7803 and Bered H1260 his son, H1121 and Tahath H8480 his son, H1121 and Eladah H497 his son, H1121 and Tahath H8480 his son, H1121 And Zabad H2066 his son, H1121 and Shuthelah H7803 his son, H1121 and Ezer, H5827 and Elead, H496 whom the men H582 of Gath H1661 that were born H3205 in that land H776 slew, H2026 because they came down H3381 to take away H3947 their cattle. H4735 And Ephraim H669 their father H1 mourned H56 many H7227 days, H3117 and his brethren H251 came H935 to comfort H5162 him. And when he went in H935 to his wife, H802 she conceived, H2029 and bare H3205 a son, H1121 and he called H7121 his name H8034 Beriah, H1283 because it went evil H7451 with his house. H1004 (And his daughter H1323 was Sherah, H7609 who built H1129 Bethhoron H1032 the nether, H8481 and the upper, H5945 and Uzzensherah.) H242 And Rephah H7506 was his son, H1121 also Resheph, H7566 and Telah H8520 his son, H1121 and Tahan H8465 his son, H1121 Laadan H3936 his son, H1121 Ammihud H5989 his son, H1121 Elishama H476 his son, H1121 Non H5126 his son, H1121 Jehoshua H3091 his son. H1121 And their possessions H272 and habitations H4186 were, Bethel H1008 and the towns H1323 thereof, and eastward H4217 Naaran, H5295 and westward H4628 Gezer, H1507 with the towns H1323 thereof; Shechem H7927 also and the towns H1323 thereof, unto Gaza H5804 and the towns H1323 thereof: And by the borders H3027 of the children H1121 of Manasseh, H4519 Bethshean H1052 and her towns, H1323 Taanach H8590 and her towns, H1323 Megiddo H4023 and her towns, H1323 Dor H1756 and her towns. H1323 In these dwelt H3427 the children H1121 of Joseph H3130 the son H1121 of Israel. H3478
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Commentary on Genesis 46 Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
CHAPTER 46
Ge 46:1-4. Sacrifice at Beer-sheba.
1. Israel took his journey with all that he had—that is, his household; for in compliance with Pharaoh's recommendation, he left his heavy furniture behind. In contemplating a step so important as that of leaving Canaan, which at his time of life he might never revisit, so pious a patriarch would ask the guidance and counsel of God. With all his anxiety to see Joseph, he would rather have died in Canaan without that highest of earthly gratifications than leave it without the consciousness of carrying the divine blessing along with him.
came to Beer-sheba—That place, which was in his direct route to Egypt, had been a favorite encampment of Abraham (Ge 21:33) and Isaac (Ge 26:25), and was memorable for their experience of the divine goodness; and Jacob seems to have deferred his public devotions till he had reached a spot so consecrated by covenant to his own God and the God of his fathers.
2. God spake unto Israel—Here is a virtual renewal of the covenant and an assurance of its blessings. Moreover, here is an answer on the chief subject of Jacob's prayer and a removal of any doubt as to the course he was meditating. At first the prospect of paying a personal visit to Joseph had been viewed with unmingled joy. But, on calmer consideration, many difficulties appeared to lie in the way. He may have remembered the prophecy to Abraham that his posterity was to be afflicted in Egypt and also that his father had been expressly told not to go [Ge 15:13; 26:2]; he may have feared the contamination of idolatry to his family and their forgetfulness of the land of promise. These doubts were removed by the answer of the oracle, and an assurance given him of great and increasing prosperity.
3. I will there make of thee a great nation—How truly this promise was fulfilled, appears in the fact that the seventy souls who went down into Egypt increased [Ex 1:5-7], in the space of two hundred fifteen years, to one hundred eighty thousand.
4. I will also surely bring thee up again—As Jacob could not expect to live till the former promise was realized, he must have seen that the latter was to be accomplished only to his posterity. To himself it was literally verified in the removal of his remains to Canaan; but, in the large and liberal sense of the words, it was made good only on the establishment of Israel in the land of promise.
Joseph shall put his hand upon thine eyes—shall perform the last office of filial piety; and this implied that he should henceforth enjoy, without interruption, the society of that favorite son.
Ge 46:5-27. Immigration to Egypt.
5. And Jacob rose up from Beer-sheba—to cross the border and settle in Egypt. However refreshed and invigorated in spirit by the religious services at Beer-sheba, he was now borne down by the infirmities of advanced age; and, therefore, his sons undertook all the trouble and toil of the arrangements, while the enfeebled old patriarch, with the wives and children, was conveyed by slow and leisurely stages in the Egyptian vehicles sent for their accommodation.
6. goods, which they had gotten in the land—not furniture, but substance—precious things.
7. daughters—As Dinah was his only daughter, this must mean daughters-in-law.
all his seed brought he with him—Though disabled by age from active superintendence, yet, as the venerable sheik of the tribe, he was looked upon as their common head and consulted in every step.
8-27. all the souls of the house of Jacob, which came into Egypt, were threescore and ten—Strictly speaking, there were only sixty-six went to Egypt; but to these add Joseph and his two sons, and Jacob the head of the clan, and the whole number amounts to seventy. In the speech of Stephen (Ac 7:14) the number is stated to be seventy-five; but as that estimate includes five sons of Ephraim and Manasseh (1Ch 7:14-20), born in Egypt, the two accounts coincide.
Ge 46:28-34. Arrival in Egypt.
28. he sent Judah before him unto Joseph—This precautionary measure was obviously proper for apprising the king of the entrance of so large a company within his territories; moreover, it was necessary in order to receive instruction from Joseph as to the locale of their future settlement.
29, 30. Joseph made ready his chariot—The difference between chariot and wagon was not only in the lighter and more elegant construction of the former, but in the one being drawn by horses and the other by oxen. Being a public man in Egypt, Joseph was required to appear everywhere in an equipage suitable to his dignity; and, therefore, it was not owing either to pride or ostentatious parade that he drove his carriage, while his father's family were accommodated only in rude and humble wagons.
presented himself unto him—in an attitude of filial reverence (compare Ex 22:17). The interview was a most affecting one—the happiness of the delighted father was now at its height; and life having no higher charms, he could, in the very spirit of the aged Simeon, have departed in peace [Lu 2:25, 29].
31-34. Joseph said, … I will go up, and show Pharaoh—It was a tribute of respect due to the king to inform him of their arrival. And the instructions which he gave them were worthy of his character alike as an affectionate brother and a religious man.